Using primary data from 2,000 households in Jaffna and Kandy districts, this study investigates the association between land ownership and several constituents of women’s empowerment, namely their economic participation, autonomy in decision-making about household expenditure, involvement in land-related decisions, and self-efficacy. The study does not find a particularly significant association between land ownership and women’s participation in economic activities or their autonomy in decisions about household expenditure. However, land ownership, especially joint titles, appears to encourage women’s involvement in land-related decisions in both districts. While land ownership does not seem to have an effect on women’s happiness, agricultural land ownership bodes well for women’s perceptions of their social status in the neighbourhood. Overall, land appears to be more of a resource of social value than economic value for women in both districts.